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A traditional Japanese tool for woodworking and leather crafting. It has a single bevel edge much like Japanese sushi knives, meaning it can be sharpened to have an extremely sharp edge.

Brand: Morihei
Profile: Kiridashi
Steel Type: Blue #1 (Aogami)
Total Length: 197mm
Blade Length: 54mm
Bevel Symmetry: Single Bevel
Hand Orientation: Right Handed
Weight: 71g

Knife Information

1894- Mr. Tasaburo Shigematsu, a hardware wholesaler, introduced a new pocket knife with its blade and sheath folded by installing a small handle “Chikiri (tail)” on the blade, while inspired by the knife he brought back from Kagoshima.

He named it “Higonokami Knife” because many of his customers were in Kumamoto area (formally Higo country), which turned out to dramatically increase his sales. The blades have gradually changed their shapes. Unlike single-edged knives, the double-edged blades (V-shaped cross section) were in those days considered common. The earlier blades had a sharper tip (shape of a bamboo leaf), but now they have square shapes. The sheaths had a vertically folding style and a cross folding style, now the vertical one has to be custom made.

In 1911, at the First Kobe Export Articles Competitive Exhibition, Crown Prince (later Emperor Taisho) liked Higonokami on display very much and bought one, which is said to have helped its fame further spread.

The Higonikami is a fantastic traditional utility knife at a low cost. 

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*Please select the correct handle size before confirming your order.*
Chefs Edge will not accept responsibility if the wrong-sized handle is selected.

Fancy up your kitchen knives with a custom handle! This stunning Octagon handle is crafted from Mausoleum Wood and Blonde Buffalo Horn, and is suitable for Gyuto 240mm blades. This double-blonde combination looks fantastic on any blade finish, dark or light. 

Handles are made from natural timber and as such can vary in tone, grain, and general appearance.  Some are lighter/darker than others. 

Ceramics Information

8.4 x 6.1cm
180ml

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*All knives in this batch have a small machi gap for added pinch grip comfort*

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About the Ohira

This stone is a very fine, moderate hardness finishing stone around ~5000 grit. Simply splash and go, work up a slurry initially with firm pressure, then let the mud do the rest. 

Ohira is a little softer natural stone used to make the traditional kasumi finish that gives the cladding a cloudy, misty look. The stone produces slurry quickly and leaves an even finish on blades from laminated steels, creating visible contrast. It is very simple to use and its advantage is that it leaves very visible traces of previous sharpening on the blade, revealing all irregularities and low spots, in turn telling us which areas of the blade we should hone in on.

All natural stone sales are final, we try to provide the best possible representation of the stone via our images. 

*Available to Australian customers only - International customers please contact us to purchase*

An adorable porcelain rest for your chopsticks.

About the Ozuku

This stone is a very fine, hard finishing stone around ~10,000 grit. Simply splash and go, work up a slurry preferably with a Nagura stone, as this stone does not form a slurry quickly.

Named for the site of its origin, the Ozuku Japanese Natural Whetstone is a product of its homeland’s finest honing practices. Although the material used to produce these pieces comes from the same site, its depth means that there can be significant differences between individual stones. As a result, even though most of these stones fall within 8,000 to 12,000 grit, the actual grit size must be discovered through actual usage. Customers should bear in mind that these pieces are meant to be used along with nagura stones, which are rubbed atop their wet surfaces to produce an abrasive slurry.

Ozuku are mined in Kyoto Japan, one of the Higashi-mono, referring to a collection of five quarries famous since ancient times for their sharpening stones. Stones from Ozuku are renowned for their fine grain and exceptional hardness, though some examples can be too hard at times.

All natural stone sales are final, we try to provide the best possible representation of the stone via our images. 

*Available to Australian customers only - International customers please contact us to purchase*